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Are em waves compression or transverse?

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Are em waves compression or transverse?

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Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves, but em waves are not like waves in a medium. em waves are time-varying electric and magnetic fields that can exist in empty space. The field directions are at right-angles to the direction of the wave, and therefore the wave in that sense is transverse.

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